1965.243: Reclining Bacchante Holding a Vase

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.243

People

Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Claude Michel, called Clodion, French (Nancy, France 1738 - 1814 Paris, France)

Title

Reclining Bacchante Holding a Vase

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296729

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Dimensions

29.3 x 18.1 cm (11 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Alphonse Kann] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.243

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Claire Batigne, Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, 1932), no. 903b
• Jeanne Lejeaux, Exposition de l’art français au XVIIIe siècle, exh. cat., Palais de Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, 1935), no. 336
• Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français, exh. cat., Petit Palais, Paris (Paris, France, 1937), no. 521
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 600, fig. 306
• Agnes Mongan, De Clouet a Matisse: Dessins français des collections américaines, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, 1958), no. 40, pl. 84
• Agnes Mongan, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, exh. cat., Museum Boymans (Rotterdam, 1958), no. 40, pl. 77
• Agnes Mongan, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1959), cat. no. 40, p. 47, pl. 77, repr. (as Clodion)
• Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 30, repr.

Exhibition History

• Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1932 - 03/05/1932
• Exposition de l’art français au XVIIIe siècle, Palais de Charlottenborg, 08/25/1935 - 10/06/1935
• Chefs d'oeuvres de l'art française, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Paris, 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937
• Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
• French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 07/31/1958 - 09/28/1958; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 10/24/1958 - 01/02/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/03/1959 - 03/15/1959
• Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967

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